Pinoy Idol Final 3 - Final Performance Night 08/16/08

Who among these hopefuls will be the first Pinoy Idol?

Who should win?

Ram Chaves

He is not the best singer in the group, nor the most exceptional performer, but Ram is my Pinoy Idol. I am basing my conclusion not on the performances tonight, but on the journey they have been through the past months. He arranges and owns every song he performs; he has been strongly consistent since day one; and he has the outstanding talent in singing.

Can we call that the Final Performance Night? I don't know. While watching, I somewhat felt watching a nonsense show that is in between SOP and Pinoy Pop Superstar Grand Finals. The net and wind effect on the opening number? My God! It's even cheaper than having mascots on stage.

So they have managed to pull off a live show? Well, it's quite impressive. But the thing is, the show is all about the battle of the remaining Idol hopefuls, yet it seemed like it was a variety show which offered a lot of guests which outshone the so-called Final 3. I'm not against any of them, but the Final 3 has to sing 3 songs which should be long enough in order for them to prove worthiness of the title! They sang 3 songs - in below 2 minutes! I think the whole show looked sandwiched! Ram, Jayann and Gretchen did not have the best opportunity tonight to prove they are the first Pinoy Idol - I can't consider it as a finale either.

The cheap opening number; the spoiled performances of the Final 3; the judges commenting only on the last part; Karylle and Rhian doing again the job of Raymond; too much guests for the performance night instead on the results show; Louie Ignacio. Who's to blame? Magic wasn't present on Pinoy Idol's finale performance night.

This is the reason why Mau Marcelo won Philippine Idol; for all the people behind Pinoy Idol, watch and learn - envy if you may: